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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 606 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  20. 20.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  22. 22.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  27. 27.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  32. 32.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) small print for details
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

  1. small print for details
  2. balance
  3. repetition
  4. repeated bullet icons
  5. True
  6. related items grouped
  7. contrast
  8. left edges lined up
  9. contrast
  10. True
  11. matching heading styles
  12. proximity
  13. contrast
  14. most important first
  15. repetition
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. one border on all pages
  20. True
  21. alignment
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. repetition
  26. matching heading styles
  27. True
  28. hierarchy
  29. left edges lined up
  30. True
  31. proximity
  32. alignment
  33. True
  34. pictures in a neat line
  35. one border on all pages
  36. False
  37. False
  38. balance
  39. caption close to photo
  40. a bright button on grey

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